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		<title>2011 Mazda RX-8 Grand Touring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some recent severe weather while I was driving Mazda’s RX-8 sports car made me reflect on how the waning of rear-wheel drive in modestly priced cars has affected our very driving abilities.  We have all come to rely on the car so much to save us from our own mistakes, we’ve lost our own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a soft top save a bad car?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chrysler Corp builds some good vehicles: the Ram trucks, the new Jeep Grand Cherokee, and the 300/Charger/Challenger lineup.  But many of their efforts have been half-hearted; combined with the economic downturn, these cynically cheap cars made the company’s business case untenable, resulting in bankruptcy.

We’re on the eve of the New (New) Chrysler’s resurrection, taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A bad economy doesn’t necessarily mean low used car prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new client, referred by some happy customers, called me yesterday for help in finding a used vehicle.  I asked him what he was looking for, but before he answered, he launched into a five minute diatribe about how he just ‘couldn’t believe’ that with the economy in such bad shape, used car and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Value and certified preowned vehicles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 12:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Auto Sales & Leasing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales of used, certified cars, trucks, and SUVs has been on a long-term rise.  CPO vehicles seem to make sense: avoid the sharp drop that most new cars suffer when they drive off the lot, yet have the peace of mind that comes with a thorough inspection and long term warranty, backed by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How much more will fuel-efficient cars cost?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Obama administration signed new regulations targeting the fuel efficiency of the cars, trucks, and SUVs we drive.  Most of the details of the new deal were announced last September, but it’s worth revisiting them, and what they’ll mean to all of us.
2016 model cars will have to average 37.8mpg; pickups, SUVs, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So people are still buying Toyotas&#8230;huh.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camrys, ES350s, and Prii are deathtraps.  Going on a trip in one is like vacationing in Kandahar.  Innocents are being abused by a big bad company, whose goal is to lower the resale value of the cars, trucks, and SUVs they bought—so they’re suing Toyota.
Sounds a bit absurd, when you put it that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota triptych: the vehicles themselves</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the general media’s coverage of Toyota’s recent travails became more and more absurd (constant rehashing of quotes from so-called ‘Experts’ who only wanted the chance to rant, yet had no substantial science to back up their claims of electronic interference or the like), and our elected representatives grandstanded for the cameras and microphones, trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Speed Kills’ hype takes another blow</title>
		<link>http://nicedrivz.com/%e2%80%98speed-kills%e2%80%99-hype-takes-another-blow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1982, one organization has stood as American drivers’ only real line of defense against the egregious perversions of road ‘justice’ perpetrated on us by politicians and bureaucrats, and the insurance lobby that backs them: the National Motorists Association.  They’ve fought the good fight, keeping the joyless foes of freedom from saddling us with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudden acceleration&#8230;of hype?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 1980s Audi was almost bankrupted by media frenzy about ‘sudden acceleration’.  By the time 60 Minutes and other news outlets sheepishly admitted the truth—that the condition didn’t actually exist and that the fault was with the drivers, not the cars—it was almost too late.  It took two decades for Audi’s sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lost decade for the Detroit automakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the turn of the century the ‘Big 3’ were riding high: huge sales and even grosser profits drove Chrysler, Ford, and GM to think they could do no wrong—or that whatever sins they did commit would be washed away in a flood of black ink.

Americans were in love with SUVs and trucks, and drunk [...]]]></description>
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